Female figurine

Museum number:
3-30382
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Alternate number:
5 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.4779
Description:
Ceramic, standing, female figure. Long skirt and bodice are decorated with an applied large central flower on each, plus leaves and birds; small feet are at the base of her skirt. She holds a goat under her right harm and a bull under her left arm. A necklace of beads surrounds the neckline. She has a pot on her head from which braids extend downward to her ears and are decorated with flowers. Earrings hand from her ears.
Donor:
Steve Vietti
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
Arthur B. Waugh Jr. and Richard Vietti
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines and Women (female humans)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
September 29, 2009
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 41.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Female figurine, accession number 3-30382, described as Ceramic, standing, female figure. Long skirt and bodice are decorated with an applied large central flower on each, plus leaves and birds; small feet are at the base of her skirt. She holds a goat under her right harm and a bull under her left arm. A necklace of beads surrounds the neckline. She has a pot on her head from which braids extend downward to her ears and are decorated with flowers. Earrings hand from her ears.

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